Randomized Study of Preoperative Dexamethasone for Quality of Recovery in VATS Lung Resection Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The proposed study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation if a small dose of IV dexamethasone during induction anesthesia in association to pre and postoperative intercostal nerve block, improves quality of recovery of thoracoscopic lung resection patients.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Laval University
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• resectable stage I and II lung cancer patients submitted to VATS

• american society of anesthesiology Classification (ASA) I or II

Exclusion Criteria:

• chronic pain;

• chronic analgesic consumption;

• severe renal or liver disease;

• endocrine or mental diseases;

• poorly controlled diabetes;

• allergy to bupivacaine;

• previous thoracotomy;

• systemic use of corticosteroids;

• morbid obesity;

• poor French comprehension precluding completion of the QoR-40 questionnaire;

• patient refusal.